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Thistle Flat Colliery
(See also Low Bitchburn Colliery)
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| Location: | Crook 8½ miles [14 km] SW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ160343, 54° 42' 12" N, 1° 45' 6" W |
| Maps: |  1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Owners: | 1850's - Joseph Pease, Joseph Whitwell Pease, & Joseph Pease & Co. |
| 1860's - John Sharp | |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Thistle Flat Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1848 - Boring operations from the surface were in progress on Thistle Flatt estate, near Crook, proving the Brockwell Seam. |
1850 - A sinking was put down from the surface on the Wheal Bottom estate, near Crook, for the Thistle Flatts owners. |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Ebden, William, 06 Feb 1865, Labourer on screens, crushed by a tub [More information ...] | |||||
| Kavender, John, 26 Oct 1850, fell down shaft [More information ...] | |||||
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If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 21 Aug 1857 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | fell down a staple, More information ... |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Thistle Flat Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Thistle Flat Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Thistle Flat Colliery
